A380
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As the A380’s Demise Accelerates, A Look Back
It was less than 20 years ago that Airbus officially launched the monstrous A380 project. The first true double-decker passenger aircraft from…
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3 Links I Love: Mitsubishi Targets the US, A Successful A380, Iceland’s Wow Pain
This week’s featured link: Mitsubishi to turn MRJ into cheaper, smaller ‘Space Jet’ – Nikkei Asian ReviewIt is going to be really…
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An Appreciation for the A380, an Airplane That Never Should Have Been Built
Less than 20 years after the aircraft program was launched, Airbus announced last week that it would begin winding down production on…
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Singapore Makes A Move Toward Higher Luxury… And Higher Density On Its A380s
When Singapore Airlines first launched its A380s a decade ago, it was quite the spectacle. Though people had long heard about the…
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An Update From Paris: Airbus Puts Lipstick on Its A380 While Boeing Keeps Stretching Its 737
This week is the Paris Air Show, the pinnacle of the air show circuit (alternating with Farnborough every other year). It’s usually…
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3 Links I Love: A380 for Risk Takers, Fixing LAX Gridlock, Birds at Garbage in Lebanon
This week’s featured link: A380, from flagship to LCC mass transport – Leeham News and Comment Here’s an interview with the head…
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Nobody Wants the A380 and That’s Breeding Creativity
There isn’t anything quite like the A380. The airplane is enormous, and frankly, it is a true delight to fly (as a…
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Topic of the Week: United and the A380
There is a terrible rumor going around this week that United is going to take on 2 A380s, pretty much because Airbus…
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Cranky on the Web (October 5 – 10)
World’s largest passenger plane gets more U.S. routes – USA Today There are a lot more A380s in the US today than…
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The Emirates 777 and A380 Head to Head (Trip Report) (Guest Post)
I decided to hold the last Emirates post from Nate until I was on paternity leave. You can see his report on…
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Airbus Thinks United Will Order the A380
Someone sent me an article last week that I thought was pretty funny. Apparently, Airbus super salesman John Leahy thinks United is…
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Cranky on the Web (December 6-10)
Boeing’s Response to the Airbus A320 Revamp Is Simple: Nothing – BNET Headwinds Now that Airbus has decided to re-engine the A320,…